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Genuine need for 43 homes in town

COUNCILLORS in Upton are standing firm behind a bid to build a new housing estate on the edge of the town, despite objections from local residents.

Members of Upton Town Council say the town needs affordable housing and that the two-hectare site in Tunnel Hill is the best place for it to go.

They have been working with developer MG Property to produce proposals for 43 homes, 22 of them affordable, at Milestone Farm, off Welland Road, in Tunnel Hill.

But about 30 local residents turned up to show their opposition when the council discussed the planning application.

They voiced fears over traffic and access problems, developing green land, whether there was a need for housing and asked if alternate sites in the town centre would now be available following the completion of the new flood defences.

To add another junction and increase traffic opposite this already congested area would only exacerbate the problem.”

He said he felt the town council was trying to rush through the plans without the due consideration required for a development of this scale. “Smaller pockets of development around the town would surely be a more suitable way forward, resulting in a less dramatic impact for local residents,”

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